| 2010 ~ DOUBLE OAK VINEYARDS & WINERY |
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The 25th harvest for Double Oak Vineyards
The 14th vintage for Double Oak Winery |
| Mountain Grown Fine Wine |
EVENTS & NEWS ~ SPRING 2010
EVENTS AT DOUBLE OAK
Northern Sierra Wine Country WINE TRAIL
Saturday & Sunday, May 29 & 30, 12-5
Celebrating the 12th Annual!
Please Join Us ~
A self guided tour of 15 wineries and vineyards in Nevada County, California. Receive a commemorative wine glass & access to all fifteen participating wineries and their Wine Trail Festivities. Enjoy fine wine and local cuisine. This is your opportunity to get a first hand view of working wineries and meet the winemakers. Live entertainment, great food pairings, interesting talks and tours.
Cost: $40.00. (Sunday only and Designated Driver Tickets also available.)
For more information and to purchase tickets online, click here.
Visit Double Oak Vineyards & Winery on your Wine Trail!
Enjoy the beautiful setting of quarter-century old vineyards surrounded by native forest. Taste delicious mountain grown fine wines, all estate grown and produced: barrel, current release and reserve. Enjoy savory food pairings, mostly locally grown. Delight in fine art by local artists. Tour the winery, visit with the winemaker and satisfy your curiosity about winemaking. Enjoy a vineyard walk and talk with the winegrower, and learn about sustainable, nature friendly winegrowing. Enter a drawing for Medal-winning Double Oak wine. Take advantage of a special Double Oak wine sale at great prices!
Double Oak SUMMER SOLSTICE DINNER
Saturday, June 26, 5:30 – 8:30
Summersault in to Summer!
Please join us ~
Celebrate the Beginning of Summer under the Oaks with Double Oak!
Enjoy fine wine and food under the oaks with a view of the vineyard, the native woodland, flowers, the setting sun, the rising full moon and stars. Relish a savory four-course meal prepared by the talented LJ Caterers and paired with delicious Double Oak fine wine! Enjoy friendly companionship. Meet the winemaker, tour the winery and vineyards, and take advantage of the special wine sale. All this accompanied by the fine live music.
Local Fare with Savoir Faire ~ A locavore feast!
The tasty food at this dinner comes from sustainable, nature friendly farming. Most of the food is grown and produced locally. And, of course, Double Oak wines are all estate grown by sustainable, nature friendly farming.
Menu details will follow.
Cost: $65 + tax & gratuity (Wine Club $55) ~ Limited Seating Reserve Early
This will be our only dinner this year.
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Double Oak ~ OUT & ABOUT
Sierra College Foundation TASTE OF EXCELLENCE
Saturday April 10th, 2010 ~ 6:30 pm
Sierra College Rocklin Campus
An elegant Food and Wine Tasting event which features more than 50 of the finest restaurants and wineries, as well as a silent and live auction.
Double Oak will be pouring our fine wine at this Sierra College fundraising
event. The ticket price for this worthwhile benefit is $75 per person. For more information Click here
Winemaker’s Supper @ Deer Creek Inn
Saturday April 17th, 6pm ~
Nevada City, California
Wines are poured from and by Double Oak at this delicious gourmet dinner prepared by Kady Guyton of KDG Cooks. Reservations required: $65 per person. You can attend this dinner without staying at Deer Creek Inn. For more information Click here. To make reservations, contact the Owners/Innkeepers Eileen and Ken Strangfeld @Phone(530) 265-0363 & (800) 655-0363.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Double Oak Complementary Wine Tasting, Picnicking & Tours ~
February through December: Saturdays, 11-5, and by appointment.
January: by appointment only.
Click here for more information about visiting Double Oak.
Double Oak Wine Club Trios & Sextets ~
February, May, August, & November.
Click here for more information about the Double Oak Wine Club.
Northern Sierra Wine Country WINE TRAIL ~
Sat. & Sun., May 29 & 30, 2010
Double Oak SUMMER SOLSTICE DINNER
Sat., June 26 ~ Local Fare with Savoir Faire
Summersault ~ Celebrate the Begining of Summer with Us!
Northern Sierra Wine Country TASTE OF GOLD COUNTRY
September 25, 2010
Double Oak HARVEST OPEN HOUSE
November 13, 2010
Fine Wine, Fine Art, Fine Crafts
Celebrating 25 Harvests & 14 Vintages!
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DOUBLE OAK NEWS
In the Double Oak Landscape....
2010 ~ Our 38th year on this wonderful land!
Working in the woods ~
This past winter we continued tending our 35 acres of forest land. To the north of our third 2+acre vineyard we planted three acres of native perennial grasses and wildflowers. They are now sprouting, full of promise for wildlife forage and a beautiful flower show. In other areas of our forestland, most of the 600 forest trees we planted in the winter of ‘08-’09 have survived and are growing well. What an improvement to the many acres of dense brush that were there before we started this project. We're more fire safe and the forest is more healthy.
Springtime at Double Oak is so beautiful! The landscape is so fine this time of year. The abundant rains in the second half of the current rainy season have put us at average rainfall to date. The first spring wildflowers are up and delightful. The trees have been budding and and some are in new leaf. Bird migrations have been passing overhead, announcing their presence by the warbling of the sandhill cranes and the honking of Canadian geese. With all this new growth and blossoming, butterflies are appearing and the lizards are sunning themselves on rocks.
Come visit and enjoy this beauty at Double Oak! Relax with a picnic; take pleasure in this loveliness while enjoying your picnic meal, sipping delicious Double Oak wine, such a delightful companion to food!
In the Double Oak Vineyards....
2010 ~ Will be the 25th harvest for Double Oak Vineyards!
This is such a busy time of the year in the vineyards! Pruning begins at the end of January and continues into early April. All the pruning is done by hand. When it is finished, we pull the prunings into the middle between the rows, where they will be cut up in the first mowing of spring and left to return to the soil. Right after pruning, the vines look angular and somewhat stark, which is softened by the brilliant green, lush vineyard floor of early spring.
 
A major vineyard event in the springtime is “budbreak” (also called “budburst”), when small shoots emerge from the vine buds. This marks the beginning of the new growing season and the end of dormancy. The buds start to swell in April, and after a few weeks the young leaves unfold and push through the buds. We always hope this occurs after the last frost of the season, since budbreak hit by a hard frost dooms the crop. The first mowing happens just after budbreak. Delaying the mowing keeps the vineyard floor more cool helping to retard budbreak. It also provides habitat for the beneficial insects. Mowing right after budbreak helps move cold air down the hill, helping prevent frost.
By mid spring, the vines exhibit riotous growth, and the vineyards will boast green, lush rows of grapevines. Then in early summer, there will be bloom, followed by crop-set and ... And yes, we are already anticipating a fine harvest in the fall!
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In the Double Oak Winery...
2010 ~ Will be the 14th vintage for Double Oak Winery!
The elevage of the red wines from the 2008 and 2009 vintages is progressing well. Barrel tastes reveal delicious wine in the making. At this time of year, winery tasks mainly involve tending to the vintages still in barrel: tasting, topping, racking, tasting, barrel cleaning, tasting… While aging wine in barrels is a lot of work, the results are superior to aging the wine in tanks and adding oak chips. The 2007 vintage red wines were bottled several months ago and are tasting delicious. They will be released for sale at different times throughout the 2010 season.
The Double Oak Chardonnay is treated differently from our red wines. The 2009 Chardonnay, in oak and stainless barrels, just had its lies stirred and will soon have its first filtration. Then, in early summer, it will be filtered again and bottled.
For a complete list and description of currently available Double Oak wines, shipping and discount information, and for information about the Double Oak Wine Club, click here.
Estate Grown & Produced Energy ~
We have had our new photovoltaic system for more than year now. This 4 kw clean energy system is one more way that Double Oak practices environmental sustainability. It is providing approximately 95% of the electrical needs at Double Oak for the winery, vineyards and household. We are so glad we put our energy into building this very worthwhile system.
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We hope you can join us at one of our upcoming events!
Wishing you a lovely and vibrant Springtime!
Bob & Ginny Hilsman
Double Oak Vineyards & Winery
At Double Oak we produce outstanding fine wine
from our nine acres of deeply rooted mountain vineyards.
We believe it’s all about balance and harmony with nature.
Expressing terroir is elemental for Double Oak winemaker, Bob.
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